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In 2016, the LGBTQ+ community was identified as a "health disparity population" by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, partly because individuals who identify as part of this group have less access to health care. Here are some resources, pro tips, and real-life stories to help you navigate your wellbeing; allies welcome.
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Here's What Gender Affirming Medical Care Involves and Why It Can Be Lifesaving
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FDA Approves First Condom Meant Specifically for Anal Sex
23 Different Pride Flags and What They Represent in the LGBTQ+ Community
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What Is Intersex? Here's What the Term Means, and How It Can Appear
Why Misgendering People Is Harmful, and How to Apologize When You've Done It
What Is Misgendering? Here's Why It's Harmful and How to Apologize If You Do It
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What Is Queerbaiting? Here's What the Manipulative Marketing Tactic Looks Like—and Why It's Harmful
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What Does It Mean to Be Polysexual? Here's How Experts Explain This Sexual Identity
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What It Means to Be Omnisexual, According to Experts
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Elliot Page Reveals the Results of His Top Surgery In New Photo—Here's What That Procedure Involves
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Leyna Bloom's Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Is Historic—Here's Why It's a Win For Trans Representation
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What's the Difference Between Being Bi-Curious and Bisexuality?
Kids Are Coming Out Earlier Than Ever—Here's How to Give Them the Support They Need
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What Does It Mean to Be Graysexual?
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How Sarah McBride, the First Openly Trans State Senator, Plans to Bring Equity to Health Care
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What Does It Mean to Be Biromantic? Here’s How Experts Explain It
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Transmasculine: What Does Having This Identity Mean?
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Bisexual Erasure: What It Is, Why It’s a Threat to Health, and How to Put an End to It
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What It's Like to Have a Period as a Non-Binary Person: 'We Need to Stop Associating Periods With Womanhood'
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What Does it Mean to Be Cisgender? Here's What Experts Say
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6 Trans Activists Speak Out on Why Gender-Affirming Care Is Life-Saving Care
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Transgender Surgery: Everything You Need to Know, According to Doctors
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Elliot Page Just Gave His First Interview Since Coming Out as Transgender
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Gender Dysphoria Symptoms: Here's How to Know if You Have It
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What Does It Mean to Be Gender Fluid? Here's What Experts Say
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This Transgender Man's 'Quarantine Weight' Turned Out to Be a Huge Ovarian Tumor
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What Does Being Non-Binary Mean? Experts Explain the Gender Identity
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Elliot Page, Known for His Role in 'Juno', Announces He Is Transgender
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I Transitioned During Medical School— Difficulties and Equality Issues Faced by the Trans Community
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6 Major Health Disparities Affecting the LGBTQ+ Community
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What Does It Mean To Be Androsexual?
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What Does it Mean to Identify as Transgender? Here's What Experts Want You to Know
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5 Things You Can Do Right Now To Be a Better LGBTQ+ Ally
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What Does Heteroflexible Mean? Here's How Experts Define It
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Influencer Alex Jenny Poses in Bikini to Remind You That 'Trans Girls With Bulges Belong at the Beach'
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What Does It Mean to Be Allosexual? Here’s What You Need to Know, According to Experts